Segregated Water Fountains
n.d.
See another example of how Jim Crow discrimination was made manifest in the built environment.
“The Revolution Is at Hand”
1963
Read the draft of John Lewis’s original planned speech for the March on Washington.
The Catalan Atlas
1375
View a Euro-centric impression of Africa, including the ruler Mansa Musa, through this map and essay.
South Carolina Slave Code
1740
Read excerpts from this slave code enacted in a British colony.
“Escrava Mina” and “Escravo Mina”
1864
View two photographs of enslaved people in Brazil.
Naturally ’68 at the Apollo Theater
ca. 1968
View a photograph from a key convergence of artists and models amid the Black is Beautiful movement.
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